Buckle.



1. CHARY.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED Aua.6. 1914.

l ,l 38,540. Patented lMay 4, 1915.

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ETERS CO.. PHUTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. D. C.

JOSEPH CHARY, OF OBERHOMB'URG, LOTI-IRINGEN, GERMANY.

Specification of Lctterslatent.

BUCKLE.

Patented May 4., 1915.

. App1ication led August 6, 1914. Serial No. 855,466.

and in contra-distinction to known buckle constructions of this class the shanks of the spiked member are prolonged to the rear so as to diverge and to form together a loopshaped handle by means of which the spiked member may be actuated and which at the same time serves for the insertion of the end of the strap on which thebuckle is used. The spike-shaped shanks, moreover, are guided in stationary transverse members of the buckle frame so as to be capable of a limited gliding movement therein and to this end are provided with stops or abutments between the stationary members and preferably also with outwardly curved ends between the abutments and the handle thereof, as will hereinafter be more clearly seen with reference to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and in which:

Figure l shows a plan view of my improvedl buckle with the spiked member in open or drawn out position. Fig. 2 is the same buckle showing the buckle frame attached to a strap and the spiked member in drawn out position. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of Fig. 2 with the spiked member in closed or forward position. Fig. 4 shows the buckle with the spiked member closed with both ends of the strap connected thereby. Fig. 5 shows a lateral view of Fig. l, and Fig. 6 shows in detail one of the stationary transverse members in which the spiked shanks of the buckle are guided.

As shown in the drawing, the buckle according to my invention consists of the buckle frame a which may be of metal and of any desired shape or construction. Arranged between the longitudinal members of this frame a are two transverse members In preferably of the construction shown in Fig. 6. These transverse members are immovably secured to or are integral with the buckle frame a and are provided with eye pieces 02. These eye pieces are adapted to receive and to guide the spiked shanks c of the tongue or spiked members d so that the latter may be slid in forward or backward direction within the buckle frame. The shanks c are prolonged rearwardly in a diverging manner and the extreme points of the diverging portions c are connected together to form a loop-shaped handle e by means of which the spiked member may be readily operated. The loop c, as shown, is preferably `gradually offset upwardly and is of such dimension as toaccommodate the closing end s of the strap s when the spiked member' has been forced home to penetrate this end of the strap as shown in Fig. 4. Integral with or securely connected to each spike c within the transverse guides b is an abutment or stop f by means of which both the forward and rearward movement of the spiked member is automatically limited between the stationary guides l), as will be readily understood. In addition to these stops the shanks c may be provided with outwardly curved portions t which aid the limiting action of the stops f and 'at the same time provide for a resilient working of the spiked member within its guides.

l/Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a buckle, the combination of a buckle frame, stationary transverse members eX- tending across the buckle frame and provided with eye pieces, a spiked member having its spikes guided in the said eye pieces and provided with stops between the said stationary members and with an upwardly curved loop-shaped handle for the accommodation of the end of the strap, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH CHARY.

Witnesses:

MARGARETE CHART GEB. voN KIENLE, PETER MLLER.

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Washington, D. C. 

